IUCN status: Vulnerable
EPBC Predator Threat Rating: Moderate
IUCN claim: “The species presumably was extirpated from mainland Australia by a combination of predation by the Red Fox and feral cat and habitat disturbance.”
No studies
Hare-wallabies were last confirmed on the mainland in Western Australia 17-20 years before foxes arrived (Current submission).
There are no studies linking foxes to banded hare-wallabies. In
contradiction with the claim, the exirpation record pre-dates the fox
arrival record.
Current submission (2023) Scant evidence that introduced predators cause extinctions. Conservation Biology
EPBC. (2015) Threat Abatement Plan for Predation by Feral Cats. Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Department of Environment, Government of Australia. (Table A1).
Fairfax, Dispersal of the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) across Australia. Biol. Invasions 21, 1259-1268 (2019).
IUCN Red List. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ Accessed June 2023